Action and uses in Ayurveda: ayurvedic
physicians recommend the use of Arjuna bark
in derangements o all the three humours-Kafa,
Pitta, Vata. It is used in hrdroga, medorog,
prameh, vrana, trsa, vyanga.

Indications: Bark is a cardiac tonic,
lowers cholesterol and is used in urinary retention
and diabetes. It is also used in fever and skin
diseases. It is used in bilious affections,
for sores and as an antidote to poison.

Blood and haemopoeitic tissue: it
is used in decoction in hemorrhage and other
fluxes.

Cardiovascular system: Vaghbhatta
was the first to describe it in heart diseases.
It is highly recommended in heart diseases
complicated with endocarditis, mitral regurgitation,
pericarditis, and angina.

Digestive system: it is used in diarrhea,
dysentery and sprue.

Reproductive system: bark is used
in spermatorrhea, gonorrhea

Respiratory system: it acts as an
expectorant and clears the air passage.

Skin: it is used in Pruritis and
other skin diseases

Musculoskeletal system: with milk
it is given in fractures and contusions with
extensive ecchymosis as it promotes reunion
of fracture.